The Sporting CP lost 2-1 to SSC Napoli in the UEFA Champions League. The team's main squad lost, this Wednesday, 2-1 in the visit to the Italian SSC Napoli's stadium in the second round of the UEFA Champions League's league phase. The team's main squad fought from the start to the end, but did not take any points back to Portugal. In the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the mythical home of the Italians, the Sporting CP's players also made themselves heard in the great atmosphere. Rui Borges made several changes to the starting lineup against GD Estoril Praia: Georgios Vagiannidis, Zeno Debast, Hidemasa Morita, Pedro Gonçalves, and Luis Suárez were replaced by Iván Fresneda, Eduardo Quaresma, João Simões, Geny Catamo, and Fotis Ioannidis. The first minutes under the cold autumn night in southern Italy counted with an equilibrated duel. The first attack was from SSC Napoli, with Kevin De Bruyne shooting high, while from the other side, at 12', a good play ended with Geovany Quenda returning the ball to Iván Fresneda and him placing it in a dangerous area, but the defense cut it. Acting as visitors, the Italian champions took over the game. At 22', after a good collective moment, Frank Anguissa missed the goal by a lot. In response, from far away, João Simões tried his luck, but Vanja Milinković-Savić defended easily. Frank Anguissa shot again around the half-hour mark; this time, the ball deflected off a defender and went out of bounds, resulting in a corner. The Sporting CP then started to push forward against SSC Napoli and dominate the ball and passes. Slowly, the Bicampeões Nacionais were approaching the area and the opposing goal, but it was precisely in that moment that Antonio Conte's team, on the ropes, managed to score. In a deadly counter-attack, Rasmus Højlund finished and scored the 1-0. Until the break, highlight the free kick by Geovany Quenda directly into the goalkeeper's hands and the attempt by Matteo Politana defended with great quality by Rui Silva. To attack the second half, Pedro Gonçalves and Luis Suárez replaced Francisco Trincão and Geny Catamo. However, the opportunities continued to be scarce from both sides. In addition to the shots by Matteo Politano and Kevin De Bruyne that did not reach the goal or the blocked shot by Luis Suárez, little was happening. Until, at 61' and after a great possession of the ball and the second life of a first shot by Pedro Gonçalves, Maxi Araújo was fouled in the area and the Dutch referee Danny Makkelie awarded a penalty kick. In the conversion, Luis Suárez did not disappoint and equalized the game. In the stands, the Sporting CP's fans demonstrated their clear happiness. In the aftermath of the draw, the visiting bench offered two more players to the challenge with the entries of Zeno Debast and Alisson Santos (Eduardo Quaresma and Alisson Santos left). Motivated by the goal scored and facing a team that felt the goal suffered, the Sporting CP continued to push forward against SSC Napoli. In this sense, and already after a first intervention by Vanja Milinković-Savić on Geovany Quenda's shot, panic returned to the area of SSC Napoli: counter-attack and Luis Suárez, served by Alisson Santos, assisted Pedro Gonçalves,